pwoolridge, Author at Canadian Labour Congress https://canadianlabour.ca/author/pwoolridge/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:37:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 206365628 The next webinar in our series: Addressing the Housing Crisis https://canadianlabour.ca/webinar-2-the-housing-crisis/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:23:17 +0000 https://canadianlabour.ca/?p=20772 The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) has launched a new webinar series in 2026, The Issues and You, designed to deepen workers’ understanding of the issues shaping our lives, our unions, and the broader labour movement. In this series, we are exploring key challenges facing working people – from the fights unions are leading today, to global trends affecting workers, to what the future holds for the labour movement. Each session will feature CLC experts and leaders sharing insights and analysis on the issues that matter most to workers. Webinar #2: Addressing the Housing Crisis In this webinar, we’ll be joined...

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]]> The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) has launched a new webinar series in 2026, The Issues and You, designed to deepen workers’ understanding of the issues shaping our lives, our unions, and the broader labour movement.

In this series, we are exploring key challenges facing working people – from the fights unions are leading today, to global trends affecting workers, to what the future holds for the labour movement. Each session will feature CLC experts and leaders sharing insights and analysis on the issues that matter most to workers.

Webinar #2: Addressing the Housing Crisis

In this webinar, we’ll be joined by Lisa Freeman, Senior Researcher with the CLC’s Social and Economic Policy Department and our in-house expert housing, and Michèle Biss, Executive Director of the National Right to Housing Network. Together, we’ll be chatting about:

  • The housing crisis and how the federal government is addressing it.
  • A closer look at Build Canada Homes and the National Housing Strategy.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

This webinar will be delivered in English, with simultaneous interpretation in French.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1FVmpV0ZTZeCZZ7WDoUHzg

We hosted our first webinar in this series in January, where we discussed Retirement Security. If you missed it, you can find the recording here with English captions, and here with French subtitles.

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]]> 20772 Canadian Labour Congress Launches New Webinar Series: The Issues and You https://canadianlabour.ca/new-webinar-series-the-issues-and-you/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:29:20 +0000 https://canadianlabour.ca/?p=20574 The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is launching a new webinar series in 2026, The Issues and You, designed to deepen workers’ understanding of the issues shaping our lives, our unions, and the broader labour movement. This series will explore key challenges facing working people – from the fights unions are leading today, to global trends affecting workers, to what the future holds for the labour movement. Each session will feature CLC experts and leaders sharing insights and analysis on the issues that matter most to workers. The first webinar in the series will focus on the ongoing retirement security crisis....

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]]> The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is launching a new webinar series in 2026, The Issues and You, designed to deepen workers’ understanding of the issues shaping our lives, our unions, and the broader labour movement.

This series will explore key challenges facing working people – from the fights unions are leading today, to global trends affecting workers, to what the future holds for the labour movement. Each session will feature CLC experts and leaders sharing insights and analysis on the issues that matter most to workers.

The first webinar in the series will focus on the ongoing retirement security crisis.

The Issues and You: The Retirement Security Crisis Today
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

Participants will hear from Chris Roberts, National Director of the CLC’s Social and Economic Policy Department, and the CLC’s in-house expert on pensions and retirement security. The webinar will examine why retirement insecurity remains a major issue for workers, even a decade after the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) enhancement, and what it means for workers today.

This webinar will be delivered in English, with simultaneous interpretation in French.

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